Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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WARBLERS

Hooded Warbler  Wilsonia citrina

WINTER:  NO RECORDS.

SUMMER:  Common Resident.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Fairly Common Migrant from mid-April to late April.  Early dates, 09 April 1949 (Edeburn et al. 1960); 17 April 1991 (MG); 18 April 1970 (HS), 2004 (MG) and 2008 (MKE, JN); 19 April 2006 (MG) and 2008 (MG, DP); 20 April 1973 (HS), 2005 (GR) and 2007 (JW).

 Fall:  Uncommon Migrant departing in mid-September to late September.  Late dates, 13 October 2007 (LWC); 08 October 1957 (Edeburn et al. 1960); 05 October 2003 (WA, MG); 02 October 2003 (JB, MG); 03 October 2004 (MG, DP).

REMARKS:

Singing Male Census: (Eddy 2003): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (2002): Indian Trail, dominant canopy: am. beech, yellow poplar, black birch (elevation, 283 m to 367 m): 25 males/100 ha.; Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, black cherry, sugar maple (elevation, 383 m to 413 m): 41 males/100 ha.; Twelvepole Creek: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, sugar maple, sycamore (elevation, 244 m at center line): +.

Singing Male Census (Hall 1952): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (1952): Indian Trail: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, am. beech, sugar maple (elevation, 243 m to 259 m): 49 males/100 ha.; Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: 50% mixed oak (elevation, 335 m to 366 m): 115 males/100 ha.: Twelvepole Creek: dominant canopy: sycamore, river birch, black willow (elevation, 222 m at center line): +.

Breeding Bird Survey (Bullard 2003): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (2002): 135 Stops (7 surveys), 64 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 22. Total Birds: 25.

Singing Male Census (Koch and Hurley 1972): Beech Fork Lake, Wayne Co., WV (1969): mature mesophytic forest (elevation, 198 m to 244 m): 25 males/100 ha.

Breeding Bird Survey (Koch and Hurley 1972): Beech Fork Lake, Wayne Co., WV (29 May 1969): 50 Stops, 25 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 1. Total Birds: 1.

Singing Male Census (Hall 1983): Wayne Co., WV: oak-hickory (elevation, 330 m): 106 males/100 ha.